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Sphinx, perhaps a fitting for furniture.               
Hippopotamus ivory,H: 8,5 cm                           
Recent Bronze (14th-12th BCE)                          
From Quatna,Syria                                      
AO 20363
#08021468

Sphinx, perhaps a fitting for furniture. Hippopotamus ivory,H: 8,...

Sphinx with human head (Egyptian influence),           
probably decoration of a piece of furniture.The sphinx 
belongs to a group of outstanding ivories found in     
a building near the palace of Arslan Tash, N-Syria.    
Ivory, H: 8,8 cm                     AO 11475
#08021469

Sphinx with human head (Egyptian influence), probably decoration of a...

Sphinx with a human head (Egyptian influence),         
probably decoration of a piece of furniture.The sphinx 
belongs to a group of outstanding ivories found in a   
builiding next to the palace of Arslan-Tash, North     
Syria. Ivory, H: 8,5 cm               AO 11478
#08021470

Sphinx with a human head (Egyptian influence), probably decoration of a...

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian period       
612-539 BCE.                                           
Seal of a Babylonian physician; a sphinx.              
Lapis lazuli, H: 4,1 cm                                
AO 4485
#08021520

Cylinder seal and imprint, Neo-Babylonian period 612-539 BCE....

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria.       
Egyptian-style ornaments; a king adoring a bird-       
headed god;rabbits and a sphinx;hieroglyphs.           
Middle Bronze. Hematite, H: 2 cm                       
AO 22 364
#08021639

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria. Egyptian-style ornaments...

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria.       
Egyptian-style ornaments; a king adoring a bird-       
headed god;rabbits and a sphinx;hieroglyphs.           
Middle Bronze. Hematite, H: 2 cm                       
AO 22 364
#08021640

Cylinder seal (/39) and imprint (/40)from Syria. Egyptian-style ornaments...

Lions and Sphinxes in high relief.                     
Box carved from one piece of ivory.                    
Early Iron Age - from Megiddo, Israel                  
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050517

Lions and Sphinxes in high relief. Box carved from one piec...

Naked, circumcised prisoners of Semitic origin are led 
before a king on his throne.An Egyptian soldier leads  
the prisoners, followed by a war-chariot.Ivory,        
probably a furniture-ornament.From Megiddo,Israel.     
See also 08-05-05/22-24.Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem.
#08050521

Naked, circumcised prisoners of Semitic origin are led before a king on his thr...

Naked, circumcised prisoners of Semitic origin are led 
before a king on his throne.Ivory,furniture ornament.  
Detail: the king (Pharaoh?) on his sphinx-throne,      
drinking from a cup.A musician.From Megiddo,Israel.    
See also 08-05-05/22-24.Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem.
#08050522

Naked, circumcised prisoners of Semitic origin are led before a king on his thr...

Winged sphinx in a lotus thicket.                      
Ivory (open work)                                      
from Megiddo, Israel                                   
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050531

Winged sphinx in a lotus thicket. Ivory (open work)...

Winged sphinx with Egyptian crown. Ivory (open-work)   
from Arslan Tash, the ancient Hadatu, Northern Syria.  
10 x 14 cm
#08050532

Winged sphinx with Egyptian crown. Ivory (open-work) from Arslan Tash, the an...

Lions and sphinxes in high-relief.                     
Ivory box carved from one piece, from a hoard          
found in a 12th BCE palace in Megiddo, Israel          
Collections of IDAM, Jerusalem
#08050544

Lions and sphinxes in high-relief. Ivory box carved from on...